Annie TYA - Young People`s Theatre

Allen MacInnis
Artistic Director
Nancy J. Webster
Executive Director
Annie TYA
Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin, Presented on
Broadway by Mike Nichols, Originally Produced by Irwin Meyer, Stephen R. Friedman, Lewis
Allen, Alvin Nederlander Associates, Inc., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, Icarus Productions, Based on “Little Orphan Annie”® by Permission of The Tribune Media
Services, Inc.
Annie (TYA) is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance
materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
MAINSTAGE | NOV. 11–DEC. 29, 2013
Jenny Weisz (with Monty); Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
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Message from the Artistic Director of YPT
Why are children drawn to stories of orphans? Certainly, orphans
have figured in children’s literature for many years – Oliver Twist,
Anne Shirley, Huck Finn, Dorothy Gale, Mowgli, Pip, Heidi, and Harry
Potter to name but a few. But what is the fascination?
I think children are intrigued by a situation where they might
have to survive on their own without protection or help from
adults. In an orphan’s story, children can explore a risky sort
of independence. And surviving – even thriving – is a huge
accomplishment. Little Orphan Annie’s story is a bit like that, but
there is something else too.
The musical Annie tells the story of a spunky girl whose sunny
optimism rarely fails to affect adults, literally turning them into
better people. Only the truly bad adults in her world – including the
orphanage director, Miss Hannigan – are unimpressed by Annie’s
positive nature. But Annie isn’t a girl set on cheering up the world.
She is on a quest to find her parents, whom she firmly believes are
somewhere out there — just temporarily separated from her. As
a result, she is vulnerable to the greediness of others who would
pretend to be her parents – if there’s money in it. Even ingenious,
plucky Annie needs protection from those who would exploit her.
Many children today do not live with their birth families. But I hope
all of them live with adults who unconditionally care for their every
need. Mr. Warbucks in Annie becomes one such person. He finds in
himself the capacity to sacrifice his wants in favour of the needs of
a child in his care.
To me, Annie is a story that affirms every child deserves to feel
cherished for their unique worth. I believe feeling loved is how
every child learns that. Bet your bottom dollar.
Allen MacInnis
About Young People’s Theatre
YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE (YPT) is the oldest continuously operating theatre company
in Toronto and is a national producer and presenter of theatre for young audiences. Over
the past 48 years many of the important pieces that form the canon of plays for young
audiences in Canada have appeared on our stages. We continue to develop new work
and create partnerships with theatre companies across the country and around the world.
Learning is at the centre of everything we do. When young people come to our theatre,
we hope that they will be entertained – but not just by a pleasant, fleeting distraction. We
want them to be imprinted with so powerful an experience that it expands their capacity to
learn. When young people are immersed in the imaginary world of a play, the experience
isn’t less important to them because it isn’t real. Children make imagined experience real
experience. Through the professional theatrical work produced on our stages, and through
the enriched learning experiences we offer with our Education & Participation programs,
YPT provides young people with ways to develop their whole being. This is central to YPT’s
artistic policy. We want to have a positive and lasting impact on the emotional, social, and
intellectual development of young people – in order for them to grow into the unique and
wonderful people they were born to be.
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Young people’s theatre
presents
CAST
July, Star-To-Be
Kate
Roosevelt
Tessie
Duffy
Pepper
Oliver Warbucks
Rooster
Drake
Molly
Lily
Miss Hannigan
Grace
Annie
Sandy
Jess Abramovitch
Mary Antonini
Richard Binsley
Jessie Cox
Ramona Gilmour-Darling
Natalia Gracious
Sterling Jarvis
W. Joseph Matheson
Dale R. Miller
Nicole Norsworthy
Natasha O’Brien
Louise Pitre
Shawna Van Omme
Jenny Weisz
Casper
creative team
Director
Musical Director, Score Adaptation
& Vocal Arrangements
Choreographer
Set and Properties Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Assistant Director
Musician
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Allen MacInnis
Diane Leah
Nicola Pantin
Teresa Pryzbylski
Melanie McNeill
Michael Walton
Michael Laird
Amy Lee
Colleen Allen
Kristin McCollum
Kate Sandeson
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this
production is strictly prohibited.
The performance will run approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.
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Musical Numbers
Maybe............................................................................................................................... Annie
Hard-Knock Life.............................................................................................Annie, Orphans
Hard-Knock Life (Reprise).......................................................................................Orphans
Tomorrow..............................................................................................................................Annie
Little Girls...........................................................................................................Miss Hannigan
Little Girls (Reprise).......................................................................................Miss Hannigan
I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here...................................................Annie, Grace, Servants
NYC...........................................................................................Mr. Warbucks and Company
Easy Street............................................................................. Rooster, Miss Hannigan, Lily
You Won’t Be An Orphan For Long/Maybe
(Reprise)...................................................................................Mr. Warbucks, Grace, Annie
Fully Dressed..........................................Bert Healy and the Boylan Family; Orphans
Cabinet Tomorrow......................... Annie, Mr. Warbucks, Roosevelt & the Cabinet
Cabinet End...................................................................................Roosevelt & the Cabinet
Something Was Missing................................................................................. Mr. Warbucks
I Don’t Need Anything But You....................... Mr. Warbucks, Annie, Grace, Drake
Maybe Reprise....................................................................................................................Annie
Tomorrow Reprise............................................................................................ Full Company
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Cast
JESS
ABRAMOVITCH
july, star-to-be
Jess is truly grateful
to be making
her YPT debut!
Most recently,
Jess originated
lead roles in the
world premieres
of two new Canadian productions at The
Blyth Festival: Jules in Yorkville – The
Musical, and Patsy in Prairie Nurse. Other
selected theatre credits include: Hair (The
Grand Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show
(OCE), Act Now! (Toronto Fringe, Best of
Fringe), Beauty and the Beast (Silvermist),
Urinetown (RAPA), Kid Cosmic (Cheshire
Unicorn), Grease (Escape Productions),
and The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls
(Toronto Fringe). Selected film/TV credits
include: She’s The Mayor (Vision TV), The
Jon Dore Show (The Comedy Network),
Dragon’s Den (CBC), The Net (Lifelong
Prod.) Love and thanks to the creative
team, family, friends, Craig and Beck.
Always, for Danielle.
MARY ANTONINI
kate
Mary is thrilled to
be making her YPT
debut in Annie.
Favourite credits
include Rain: Life in
Full Bloom (Helix
Dance Project),
West Side Story,
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Pan, King
of Thieves, Camelot (Stratford Festival),
Jesus Christ Superstar (Stratford Festival/
La Jolla Playhouse/Broadway), Legally
Blonde (Neptune Theatre). Mary was also
part of the world premiere of The Flaming
Lips musical: Yoshimi Battles The Pink
Robots (La Jolla Playhouse). Thanks to
Stephen and Peter, Mum and Christine, and
love to the Ladle.
RICHARD BINSLEY
roosevelt
Richard’s YPT
credits include
Jacob Two-Two and
the Hooded Fang,
Jacob Two-Two
and the Dinosaur,
Twelfth Night,
Little Victories/
Petits Pouvoirs, Bunnicula, The Man Whose
Mother Was a Pirate and Hana’s Suitcase.
Other selected credits include Passion
Play (Convergence Theatre/Outside the
March/Sheep No Wool), Henry V and Much
Ado About Nothing (Stratford Festival),
eight seasons at the Shaw Festival, four
with Theatre Plus Toronto, as well as
Mamma Mia! (Royal Alexandra Theatre and
Broadway). His voices are heard on many
cartoons.
JESSIE COX
tessie
RBC Emerging Artist
Jessie is thrilled
to be making her
professional debut
with YPT! Her recent
credits include HERE (Toronto/Hamilton
Fringe), Chicago, Spring Awakening (Theatre
Sheridan), Opening Doors Cabaret, Raindogs,
Bloodless workshop (Canadian Music Theatre
Project/Theatre 20) and Robin Hood (GADZ
Productions/Theatre Aquarius). Jessie is a
recent graduate of Sheridan College’s Music
Theatre – Performance Program.
RAMONA
GILMOUR-DARLING
duffy
Ramona’s acting
credits for YPT
include The Secret
Garden and Jacob
Two-Two Meets
the Hooded Fang.
She has spent ten
seasons at Thousand Islands Playhouse
(favorites include Drowsy Chaperone, Les
Miserables, Anne of Green Gables and
Perfect Pie) and Having Hope at Home
(Persephone Theatre). Ramona’s director
credits include Nobody’s Idol (Toronto
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Fringe), Weightless (Alumnae Theatre),
Forever Plaid (T.I.P., and Victoria Playhouse
Petrolia), assistant director for Freedom
85 (Theatre Orangeville), Blood Brothers
(T.I.P.), The Sisters Rosensweig (Harold
Green Jewish Theatre). Her choreographer
credits include Suds!, Little Shop of Horrors,
Blood Brothers (T.I.P.). Television credits
include Ramona playing Loonette the
Clown on Treehouse TV’s The Big Comfy
Couch (Radical Sheep), Covert Affairs
(U.C.P.) and System Crash (YTV).
NATALIA
GRACIOUS
pepper
RBC Emerging Artist
A recent graduate
of Sheridan
College’s Music
Theatre–Performance program, Natalia is
very excited to be making her YPT debut
this holiday season. Past credits include two
years in Nunsense (Harbourfront Theatre),
Far from the Heart (Sheatre), Once Upon
a Mattress and Pippin (Theatre Sheridan).
Natalia would like to wish Brooke a very
happy 4th birthday and many happy
“tomorrows”!
STERLING JARVIS
oliver warbucks
Sterling is an
accomplished actor
and singer who is
thrilled to make his
debut with YPT.
Selected theatre
credits include The
Lion King, Crowns,
Of Mice and Men, We Will Rock You, The
Overwhelming, Ruined (2011 Dora Award
nomination), Caroline, or Change (2012
Dora Award for Best Actor in a Principal
Role), Clybourne Park and The Whipping
Man (2013 Dora Award Nomination). Some
of his television and film appearances
include Perfect Strangers, The Eleventh
Hour, The West Wing, Felicity, The Sentinel,
‘Til Death Do Us Part, The Bridge, The
Border, Covert Affairs, Life with Boys, Lost
Girls, Nikita, and most recently Rookie Blue.
Sterling is a two-time Juno Award-nominee
who has sung anthems for the Blue Jays,
the Raptors and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
His voice can also be heard on many
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commercials for television and radio as well
as singing the themes for the popular kids’
shows Zaboomafoo, Donkey Kong Country
and Wild Kratts. Sterling would like to thank
his family and friends for all of their love
and support.
W. JOSEPH
MATHESON
rooster
This is Joseph’s
YPT debut.
Selected theatre
credits include The
Flood Thereafter
(Canadian Stage),
Sketching Sunshine:
Stephen Leacock, Could You Wait...?, For
the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (TOV),
Legally Blonde, Grease (Neptune), Assassins
(MTC), Sound of Music (Persephone), Could
You Wait...?, For the Pleasure..., Spitfire
Grill (Grand Theatre), Italian Funerals, The
Foursome (Drayton), Counsellor at Law,
On the Town (Shaw Festival), Moby Dick,
Music Man (Stratford), The Good Faith
(LaMama, NY), Pippin (Emelin, NY), My Fair
Lady (Northern Stage, VT), TOMMY, Miss
Saigon (Mirvish Productions); Jersey Boys
(Dancap) and Ragtime (LiveEnt). Writing
credits include co-lyricist for Louise Pitre
On the Rocks (Theatre Passe Muraille),
Sketching Sunshine, Could You Wait...?,
Hank Williams LIVE – 1952 and four seasons
of Laughing Matters, Florida Studio Theatre.
DALE R. MILLER
drake
Selected theatre
credits for Dale
include Seussical
(YPT and Citadel
Theatre), Anne
of Green Gables
(Theatre Calgary),
Living With Henry
(NYMF/ Off-Broadway), Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels (Mayfield Dinner Theatre),
Knickerbocker Holiday (TOT), Les Miserables
(1000 Islands Playhouse), The Giant’s
Garden (Toronto Fringe 2011), Side By
Side By Sondheim (Theatre Collingwood),
Victor/Victoria, Forever Plaid (Stage West
Calgary), The Handmaid’s Tale (COC), Plaid
Tidings (Centre in Vancouver), Evita (MTC/
Theatre Calgary), Cats, Buddy: The Buddy
Holly Story, I Love You, You’re Perfect,
Now Change!, Jesus Christ Superstar,
Cabaret (Neptune Theatre) and War Brides
(Masquers). Dale recently sang backup for
Josh Groban at the Air Canada Centre and
regularly performs his cabaret Dudettes
around Toronto. For my Mom.
NICOLE
NORSWORTHY
molly
RBC Emerging Artist
Nicole is thrilled
to be performing
with YPT as Molly
in Annie. She recently appeared in The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (1000
Islands Playhouse) and Fiddler on the Roof
(Stage West Mississauga). Some of her
favourite credits include unEarth (Helix
Dance Project) Bomb Girls (Global TV) and
Frenemies (Disney Channel). Nicole is a
graduate of The Randolph Academy for the
Performing Arts and recipient of their Triple
Threat award. Outside of performing Nicole
is an active dance teacher and educator.
NATASHA O’BRIEN
lily
Natasha is delighted
to be back home
in Toronto and
here at YPT for this
beautiful production
of Annie. She was
last at YPT for
Seussical (2006
& 2011). Selected theatre credits include
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Rainbow
Stage), Robin Hood (Geordie Productions/
Centaur Theatre), A Closer Walk with
Patsy Cline (Magnus), Heatwave (Petrolia),
Groovin’ thru the ‘60’s (Port Hope), The
Buddy Holly Story (Aquarius) and HONK!
(Globe Theatre). Natasha is a graduate of The
Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts.
Love and thanks to Sandie, parents and JF
for making her smile.
LOUISE PITRE
miss hannigan
Louise was last at
YPT in A Year With
Frog and Toad.
Theatre credits
include On The
Rocks (Theatre
Passe Muraille),
Mame (Goodspeed
Opera House), Mamma Mia! (Toronto,
US tour, Broadway) and Toxic Avenger
(Dancap). Selected television credits
include Star Portraits (Bravo!). Louise will
play Mama Rose in Gypsy at the Chicago
Shakespeare Theatre this coming Feb/
March 2014. She is a founding artist with
Theatre20. Winner of four Dora Awards;
three honourary degrees and a Tony
nomination for her portrayal of Donna
Sheridan in Mamma Mia! She has five
recordings: www.louisepitre.com.
SHAWNA VAN
OMME
grace
Shawna is so
excited to be
playing the role of
Grace and working
at YPT for the first
time. Select credits
include Buddy: The
Buddy Holly Story (Magnus Theatre), Not
in my Backyard (PSFT), Two Hit Wonders
(Stage West Calgary), Billy Elliot (Mirvish)
and eleven seasons at the Charlottetown
Festival. shawnavanomme.com
JENNY WEISZ
annie
RBC Emerging Artist
Jenny is honoured
to be a part of
Annie at YPT. She
grew up in the YPT
audience and is grateful to Allen for this
opportunity. She graduated from Sheridan
College’s Music Theatre Performance
Program and would not be here without
teachers like June, Marie and Greg. Recent
theatre credits include The Theory of
Relativity, Come From Away, Colours in the
Storm (Theatre Sheridan). Thank you to my
family for your support, and to Tamara for
being the best mentor and sister I could ask
for. Thank you to Ronda for believing in me,
and to the amazing cast, crew, and team.
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CASPER
sandy
Casper is thrilled
to be making
his YPT debut!
Recent credits
include numerous
appearances in
home videos.
Special talents
include fetch, roll-over and stay. Casper
would like to thank his Dad, Sterling Jarvis,
for this opportunity.
Creative Team
Charles Strouse
original music
A long-standing member of the
Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in January
2002, an inductee into The Theater Hall
of Fame, Charles Strouse’s first Broadway
musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1960), won him a
Tony® Award and the London Critics Best
Foreign Musical Award. He wrote both the
music and lyrics for off-Broadway’s MAYOR,
and then teamed again with Martin Charnin
to create Annie Warbucks, the sequel to
Annie. Strouse’s far-ranging talents include
chamber and orchestral works, a piano
concerto, a two-piano sonata, and operas.
His latest choral work, “The Child In Us All”,
premiered in Spring, 2000. Nightengale,
an opera based on the Hans Christian
Andersen story for which he wrote music,
book and lyrics, was recorded by Sarah
Brightman. The work premiered in June
2002 with the Boston Pops at Symphony
Hall. Charles Strouse created the ASCAP
Musical Theatre Workshop in New York,
where he encouraged the talents of
countless young composers, writers and
performers. In 1999, Strouse received the
ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award
for Career Lifetime Achievement in Musical
Theatre.
Martin Charnin
original lyrics
Martin Charnin originated the role of “Big
Deal” in the Broadway production of West
Side Story in 1957 -- it was the only acting
job he ever had. He began writing during
West Side Story and his first collaborator
was Mary Rodgers. His Tony® awardwinning Broadway production of Annie
(the eleventh longest-running American
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musical in Broadway history) celebrated its
twentieth anniversary in 1997 with a return
to Broadway, and its national company
spent three years touring the United
States. Mr. Charnin has been the director,
lyricist, composer, librettist, producer or
combination of the aforementioned for over
75 theatrical productions including Annie,
Annie Warbucks, the rock opera version of
Joan of Arc, Mata Hari, Loose Lips, Starcrossed, Sid Ceasar & Company, Carnal
Knowledge, In Persons with Eli Wallach and
Anne Jackson, The Flowering Peach and the
Goodspeed production of Cole Porter’s Can
Can (for which he wrote the book). Charnin
has received four Tony® nominations, two
Tony® awards, six Grammy® Awards, three
Emmy® Awards, three Gold Records, two
Platinum Records, six Drama Desk Awards
and a Peabody Award for Broadcasting.
Thomas Meehan
book
Thomas Meehan received the Tony Award
for co-writing the book for The Producers
in 2001 and in 2003 for co-writing the book
for Hairspray. He received his first Tony
Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie,
which was his first Broadway show, and has
since written the books for the musicals I
Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand
and Annie Warbucks. In addition, he is a
long-time contributor of humor to The
New Yorker magazine, an Emmy-Award
winning writer of television comedy, and a
collaborator on a number of screenplays,
including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs and To
Be or not To Be. He and his wife, Carolyn,
divide their time between a home in
Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich
Village where she owns and presides over
the long-running and near-legendary
children’s store Peanut Butter & Jane. Mr.
Meehan is a member of the Council of the
Dramatists Guild.
ALLEN MACINNIS
director
Allen has been
directing for over
30 years at theatres
from coast to coast
across Canada,
including Belfry
Theatre, Victoria;
Globe Theatre,
Regina; Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary;
Shaw Festival, Ontario; Centaur Theatre,
Montreal; and Neptune Theatre, Halifax.
Recent productions include Blue Planet,
Cinderella – a RATical retelling (2013 Dora
Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding
Direction), A Year With Frog and Toad,
Touch the Sky, The Wizard of Oz, Seussical
– A Musical (2007 Dora Mavor Moore Award
for Outstanding Direction), Bunnicula,
Hana’s Suitcase, You’re a Good Man, Charlie
Brown and The Princess & the Handmaiden,
all for YPT. Other favourite productions
include In Good King Charles’s Golden Days
(Shaw Festival), The Stone Angel (Centaur
Theatre, Montreal), A Doll’s House, Walking
on Water, fareWel, Crackpot and Joni
Mitchell: River (Prairie Theatre Exchange).
Allen spent eight years as Artistic Director
of Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange
before becoming Artistic Director of Young
People’s Theatre in 2002.
DIANE LEAH
musical director,
score adaptation
&
vocal arrangements
Diane’s music
theatre credits
for YPT include
Seussical, A Year
With Frog and
Toad and The
Princess and the Handmaiden. Other recent
credits include On The Rocks (Theatre
Passe Muraille/Louise Pitre) and We Will
Rock You (Mirvish Productions). Diane
acts as accompanist for many singers
including Louise Pitre, Thom Allison,
Jackie Richardson, Alana Bridgewater
and Mark Cassius. This past year she has
been performing with Heather Bambrick
and Julie Michels in Broadsway…from
Gershwin to Gaga. Their summer-released
CD, Old Friends, is enjoying great reviews
and airplay. Diane is Director of Music at
Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto
and has released three CDs with the MCC
Toronto Choir: House of Love, The Choir:
Connected, and their latest, released in
the fall of 2012, These Old Walls, which
is currently available on iTunes. Diane
was honoured to act as Musical Director,
performing with the choir and several other
guests at the Celebration of Life for Jack
Layton, former leader of the NDP Party
of Canada. In January of 2013, Diane was
awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Medal for public service.
NICOLA PANTIN
choreographer
Annie marks
Nicola’s return to
YPT. Previous work
with YPT includes
choreography for
Seussical (2006,
2011) You’re a
Good Man, Charlie
Brown, The Wizard of Oz, and Jacob TwoTwo Meets the Hooded Fang. Selected
theatre credits include Henry V, Twelfth
Night, The Tempest, As You Like It, Fuente
Ovejuna, Measure for Measure, The Liar,
The Donnellys, The Count of Monte Cristo
and Timon of Athens (Stratford Festival).
Nicola has also choreographed for Theatre
New Brunswick, Shakespeare in the Rough,
Humber River Shakespeare, The Red Barn
Theatre, Theaturtle and Expect Theatre,
and was associate choreographer on
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla
Playhouse). Film and television credits
include choreography for Mise en Scene,
Bare Knuckle Duet, The Table Dance and
various music videos. Nicola has received
two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for
Outstanding Choreography for Romeo/
Juliet Remixed and Jacob Two-Two Meets
the Hooded Fang. She is co-artistic director
of her company 3degrees alongside
husband Adam Nashman.
TERESA
PRZYBYLSKI
set designer
Teresa is an
architect and a
theatre designer.
She is known for her
designs in theatre,
opera, dance
and film. Teresa
has designed seventeen productions for
Young People’s Theatre including Hana’s
Suitcase and Touch the Sky. Her other
credits include designs for National Arts
Centre, Stratford Shakespeare Festival,
Shaw Festival, Canadian Opera Company,
Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Pacific Opera,
Pleiades Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Factory
Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Canadian
Stage, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Blyth
Festival, Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Theatre
Columbus and others. Her work in theatre
has been recognized with five Dora Mavor
Moore Awards and several nominations. She
is also a recipient of two Gemini Awards
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for Production Design. Teresa is a member
of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
and Associated Designers of Canada. She
teaches Theatre Design at York University.
MELANIE MCNEILL
costume designer
Melanie is a Torontobased set and
costume designer.
Select designs
credits include The
Odyssey (costume,
Driftwood Theatre),
Shakespeare’s
Nigga (costume, Obsidian Theatre), Le Fa
le Do, Les Zinspires 2.0, Les Fourberies
de Scapin (Théâtre français de Toronto),
Bloodless (costume, Theatre 20,), Expire
(set & costume, ProArte Danza), Spelling
255 (set & costume, Carousel Players),
Doc Wuthergloom’s Haunted Medicine
Show, Madhouse Variations (set & costume,
Eldritch Theatre), Andromache, Hamlet
(assistant costume, Necessary Angel) and
eight seasons with Videocabaret. Film/TV
credits include Todd & The Book of Pure
Evil, season 2 (Assistant Costume Designer,
SPACE). Melanie has received a Dora Award
for Madhouse Variations and she was
nominated for the 2013 Virginia & Myrtle
Cooper Award in Costume Design.
MICHAEL WALTON
lighting designer
Theatre credits for
Michael include
The Monster Under
the Bed (YPT),
Fiddler on the
Roof, Othello, The
Three Musketeers,
Henry V, The
Matchmaker, A Word or Two, Twelfth Night,
The Misanthrope, The Tempest, As You Like
It, King of Thieves, Macbeth, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Hamlet (Stratford Festival),
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Sideways
(La Jolla Playhouse, California), Venus in Fur,
Cruel and Tender (Canadian Stage), Albert
Herring, Maria Stuarda (Pacific Opera), Next
to Normal (TC/Citadel), The Rocky Horror
Show, The Three Musketeers, Little Women
(Citadel Theatre), And Slowly Beauty
(Belfry/NAC/Tarragon), The Year of Magical
Thinking (Belfry/NAC/Tarragon), The 39
Steps, A Christmas Carol, Oliver!, Blood
Brothers (Theatre Aquarius) and East of
Berlin, Mimi, Generous (Tarragon Theatre).
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MICHAEL LAIRD
sound designer
Selected sound
design credits for
Michael include
Cinderella, A Year
with Frog and Toad,
The Princess and
the Handmaiden,
You’re a Good Man,
Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz (YPT);
Seussical (YPT/Citadel Theatre), Spamalot!,
Sound of Music, Little Women (Citadel
Theatre), Great Expectations, Barber
of Seville (Soulpepper), Legally Blonde
(Neptune Theatre), Clybourne Park, Stuff
Happens (Studio 180/Mirvish Productions),
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian
Stage), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee (Thousand Islands Playhouse), Our
Class, The Overwhelming, Blackbird (Studio
180), Speaking in Tongues, Through the
Leaves, Festen, Marion Bridge (Company
Theatre), Evil Dead: The Musical (Off
Broadway) and A Beautiful View (da da
kamera).
AMY LEE
assistant director
Amy is a Resident
Artist Educator at
YPT and has had
the pleasure of
performing here
in Cinderella: A
RATical Retelling
(Dora Award), Here
to Hear (Carousel Players), The Invisible
Girl and Hana’s Suitcase. Amy plays Jasp
in the Dora Award-winning and Canadian
Comedy Award-nominated clown duo,
Morro and Jasp, with whom she has cocreated and performed in many shows over
the past nine years. Amy is a writer-inresidence at Factory Theatre this season.
Next up, she will be performing in Weather
the Weather with Theatre Columbus at the
Evergreen Brick Works. You can find her
new cookbook, Eat Your Heart Out with
Morro and Jasp, at a bookstore near you or
at www.morroandjasp.com.
KRISTIN
MCCOLLUM
KATE SANDESON
stage manager
manager
Kristin is thrilled to
return to YPT where
previously she was
Stage Manager for
Cinderella, Seussical
and A Year With
Frog & Toad and
Assistant Stage Manager on The Princess
& the Handmaiden. Stage Management
credits include Ben Heppner in Recital,
The Brothers Grimm and Hansel and Gretel
(COC), Binti’s Journey (Theatre Direct
Canada), Danny, King of the Basement and
Head à Tête (Roseneath Theatre). Assistant
Stage Manager credits include Tout
Comme Elle (Necessary Angel/Luminato),
Miss Saigon (PCLO/Dancap), ten seasons
with the COC including Peter Grimes, Il
Trovatore, Iphigenia in Tauris, Ariadne auf
Naxos, The Nightingale and Other Short
Fables, War & Peace, and Die Walküre
as part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Kristin is
inspired daily by her daughter, Ella.
assistant stage
Selected theatre
credits for Kate
include Yorkville,
the Musical; Prairie
Nurse (Blyth
Festival), Dollar
Woman (Theatre
New Brunswick), …and Stockings for the
Ladies (Rustwerk Refinery/HGJTC), Stop
Heart (Factory Theatre), The Whipping Man
(Obsidian Theatre/HGJTC) R-E-B-E-C-C-A
(BlueBalloon Prod.), Wrecked (Roseneath
Theatre) and Gruesome Playground Injuries
(Birdland Theatre). Kate apprenticed
with the Shaw Festival, Tarragon Theatre,
the Charlottetown Festival and 2 Pianos
4 Hands (Talking Fingers/Marquis Ent./
Mirvish Productions). She is a graduate of
the National Theatre School of Canada’s
Production Program.
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YPT Staff
Allen MacInnis
Artistic Director
Administration & Artistic
Stephen Colella
associate artistic
director
&
dramaturg
Nancy J. Webster
Executive Director
Craig Morash
Director of Administration
Megan Brady
(on leave)
accounting assistant
Odelia Lee
administrative
coordinator
Megan Cassidy
acting administrative
coordinator
Building Operations
Rachel Penny
Isabel Mazzotta
Robin Munro
Mike Rego
Karen Rivera
Julie Thompson
Emil Vialva
Camille Wilson
Kathryn Worzel
Nathaniel Abram
Annie Altshuler
Gillian Arnold
Daniel Bell
Ivy Chang
Angela Gavin
Matthew Fields
Jeff Gilburd
Tarah Hamilton
Goodie Hodnett
Mika Howard
Ida Komariah
Kyle Lima
Education & Participation
Jill Ward
manager of education &
Karen Gilodo
(on leave)
participation
associate artistic
Amy Lee
Lee Pham
Jennifer Villaverde
front of house manager
Nora Hassaan
assistant front of house manager
Mike Petersen
assistant front of house manager
Maria Mendoza
custodian
ushers :
director , education
Amber Ebert
Maria Ayala
part-time custodian
Bhavika Solanki
&
interim educational
Liz Pounsett
education
services director
drama school director
participation
Lois Adamson
resident artist
educational services coordinator
educators :
Saniya Ansari
Marjie Chud
Thomas Morgan Jones
Fundraising & Development
Richard Lefebvre
Ashley Boucher
director of development
development associate , corporate
&
Marketing & Sales
Marilyn Hamilton
director of marketing
Shawn McCarthy
sales manager
Nick MacInnes
audience services
foundation giving
Jan Borkowski
graphic designer /
webmaster
Jenny Kerr
sales coordinator /
&
ticketing administrator
associate
sales associates :
Dave Barclay
assistant
co - op students :
Quinton Samuel
Jahvane Stewart
Angie Docking
development coordinator ,
individual giving
Lucie Ryan Donnelly
Heather Caswell
Tamara Liendo
Sarah Thorpe
Josée Duranleau,
Duranleau
Communications
media relations
Young People’s Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian
Theatres (PACT) and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement,
professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.
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Production Staff
David Ship
Elaine May
director of production
assistant to the head of
Kristen Kitcher
wardrobe , milliner
Alexis Buset
technical director
Ryan Wilson
head scenic carpenter
& wardrobe
mistress
Harrison Bye
Phillip Dodham Cormier
Matt Jordan
Nick Rose
Mattea Kennedy
head scenic artist
Peter Tresnak
production co - op
cutter
wardrobe construction :
Johanna Edwards
Karen Hancock
Barb Nowakowski
Veronica Watkins
wardrobe intern
Ellie Arscott
Christine Miller
Scott Kitcher
stage carpenter
Lokki Ma
&
operations assistant
head of props
Josh McGill
props builders:
head electrician
Josh Hoodless
Eva Kuo
Aiden Nagle
student
crew :
Mark Haasnoot
scenic artists:
Matt Jordan
studio technician
Alice Norton
wigs & hair
Laura Coats
scenic carpenters:
running crew
Matt Armour
Ian Bailie
Harrison Bye
Phillip Dodham Cormier
David DeGrow
Dan Fletcher
Becky Gold
Shawn Henry
Josh Hoodless
Matt Jordan
Kristen Kitcher
Jacquie Lazar
Kai Masaoka
Shanna Miller
Parker Nowlan
Nick Rose
head of audio
Barb Martin
Becky Gold
head of wardrobe
assistant audio
Special Thanks
Ryerson Theatre School
Canadian Stage
The Grand Theatre
Lisa Wright
Tarragon Theatre
Care Robertson
David Hoekstra
Jacquie Lazar
Jeannie Wyse
Theatre Français de Toronto
Soulpepper
Shaw Festival
York University
Jessie Cox
Mary Jo Carter-Dodds
Susan Dicks & Co.
Alec Cooper
Stratford Festival
John Lott and Sound Associates
Jahvane Stewart
Quinton Samuel
Tapestry Opera
Board of Directors
Sheila Brown,
chair
David Dal Bello, fundraising co - chair
Rod Davies
Barbara Dick, governance chair
Jane Francisco
David Futterer
Kate Hand
Mathew Harrison
Valerie Helbronner
Stacey Helpert
Christopher Jones, past chair & secretary
Susan Witteveen,
vice chair
Shannan Levere
Councillor Pam McConnell
Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon
Aine O’Flynn
Diane O’Reggio
Chris Pitts, treasurer
Rob Sainsbury
David Scandiffio, fundraising co - chair
Julie Soloway
Jan Sorhaug
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For Discussion After the Play
•
What does it mean to be optimistic? How does optimism affect the
way we interact with people around us?
•
What is a family? What are the different types of families that exist?
•
Who are the people in your life that help to make you feel like you
belong?
•
What does it mean to value someone?
•
Who are the people that you value in your life?
•
Why is Annie’s necklace so important to her?
•
Who is an important person in your life that you really appreciate?
Why?
•
What does it mean to support someone? In what ways do the
characters support each other in the play?
YPT would like to thank our friends
awrence Market for their generous support:
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Our Generous Supporters
The Director’s Circle: $10,000+
Anonymous (2)
BMO Financial Group
Sheila Brown* & Doug Guzman,
Davis & Julia
The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen
Foundation
CIBC Children’s Foundation
Great-West Life, London Life and
Canada Life
IKEA
Industrial Alliance &
IA Clarington Investments Inc.
Metcalf Foundation
RBC Foundation
The Slaight Family
Sun Life Financial
TD Bank Group
Benefactors: $5,000 - $9,999
David Dal Bello* & Family
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation
Doug McGregor
Susan & Samantha Payne
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Executive Producers: $1,500 - $4,999
Anonymous
John & Elizabeth Brooks
Canadian Union of Public Employees
CAW Social Justice Fund
The Begg Cheng Wealth
Management Group
CIBC Corporate Credit Products
Eric Clarke & Family
Creative Trust
Barbara Dick*, Malcolm Burrows & Family
Brian Facey
ING DIRECT
The Norman & Margaret Jewison
Charitable Foundation
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Christopher Jones* & Christine Williams
Key Gordon Communications
Allen MacInnis** & Arin Murray
Peter Mann & Sarah Shaw
The McClure Family*
Craig Morash**
The Norman & Margaret Jewison
Charitable Foundation
Aine O’Flynn* & Steve Braun
Diane Osak & Steven Hurowitz
Payworks
Chris Pitts* & Patricia Tavares
David Scandiffio* & Family
Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon
Supporters
Shum Vourkoutiotis Fund at the Toronto
Community Foundation
Scotiabank
Julie Soloway* & Family
Nancy Webster** & Brian Quirt
Producers: $1,000 - $1,499
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Charitable Foundation
The Hand*-Lennon Family
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The Sorhaug Family*
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In Memory of Zahra Hajee
Zukerman Family Foundation
Associate Producer: $500 - $999
Anonymous (4)
Don & Sue Comish
Gayle Abrams
Marie Dunseith
Jeff & Nadine Gilchrist
Marilyn Hamilton**
Kathryn Heller-McRoberts
J. Hans Kluge
Richard Lefebvre** & Steve Murray
Adrien Mak
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Daniel, Hugh & Roz Neilson
Mary Quirt
Chanrouti Ramnarine
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Thomas Spencer
York Catholic Teachers, OECTA
Jessica Zackheim
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Patrons: $100 - $499
Anonymous (14)
Adam Adler & Family
Nicholas Adamson
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113
In Honour of Tamara Bahry
The Barbalias Family
Gregory & Cathy Bateman
Mikhael Bornstein
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David Brady
George Brady
In Honour of Sheila Brown
Sandra Bruce
Alexis Buset**
John Carson
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Lisa Clark
Gwynn & Paul Cochrane
Stephanie Cox
Jeff Cummings
The Davies Charitable Foundation
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Allan Goldman
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Friends: $20 - $99
Anonymous (12)
Tara & David Abrams &
Family
Lois Adamson**
AFP Toronto
Lori Albert
Ameis Family
The Barbalias Family
In Honour of Curtis Barber
Devon & Selah &
Livany Tate
Shira Bernholtz
M. Jane Bishop
Jeanette Browne
The Burton Charitable
Foundation
Elsie Carr-Locke
Nan Carson
Megan Cassidy**
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Shelagh Hewitt-Kareda
Elizabeth Howson
Liz Janzen
Matthew Jocelyn
JSO Consulting
The Kolber Family
Sandra & Dennis Lane
Amy Lee & Matt Burt
Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro
Harriet Lewis
Biljana & Tony Lourakis
Robert Martin Mazin
George McDonald
Beverley McLean
Beverley & Wayne McLeod
Malcolm & Myrna Morash
Heather Murray
OslerBrook Golf & Country Club
Jeffrie Owen
Robert Potwin
Prologue for the Performing Arts
Terence Reid
Mr. Jack & Mrs. Kerttu Robbins
Servocraft Limited
David Shanta
In Memory of Judy Silver
Ivor & Renee Simmons
Dr David & Marlene Smith
Kathy Soden
Larry Swartz
Phillip Swartz & Family
Peter Tay
TD Bank Area Wide
Toronto Secondary Unit, OECTA
Michael Urlocker & Frances Misutka
David Williams
The Cattana Family
Simona Chiose & Family
In Honour & Memory of
Laurie Burrows
Suzanna Cohen
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Janice Correa
The Cox Family
Joan Cummings
Caleb & Connor
Cunningham
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Frank & June Devine
Angie Docking** &
Ben Irvine
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Lorraine Duff
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Avrum Flomen
Sheila Flood
Scott Florence
Joan Fulford
Emma Gardiner
Leah Gardiner
Stephen Gartner & Dana
Osborne
S. Graham
Ellen Gutterman
Greg Halsey
Anne Handelman
Lyn Harrison
Deb Harvey
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Kyla, Alana &
Teygan Joyner
Barbara Jurgens
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of Bill & Yolanda Scott
Scott Kitcher**
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Nick MacInnes**
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Percy & Myrna Marcus
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The Naworynski Kids
Noah, Max, Liam & Layla
Noble
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Rosemarie Olver
Dana Osborne & Stephen
Gartner
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Olive Pester
Nitsa & Konstantin
Pierrakos
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Lisa Richardson
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Ellen Rosen Lazanik
*Board Member
**Staff Member
Julie Rosenthal
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In Memory of Susan Rubes
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Lois Wilson
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The above donations were made from April 1st, 2012 to November 11th, 2013.
If we have incorrectly recognized you, please contact Angie Docking, Development Coordinator
at 416.363.5131 x258.
YPT is a Registered Charitable Organization #11930 7254 RR0001
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Thank you!
YPT is grateful for the outstanding and generous support provided by our government
partners who collectively contribute over $1.1 million annually, representing 34% of YPT’s
annual revenues
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Drama School
Throughout the Year
Fall/Winter/Spring Sessions
SEPTEMBER – JUNE | GRADES JK – 12
Confidence, Communication, Creativity
Explore and experiment with essential drama skills in the Fall and Winter sessions. The
Spring session culminates in a final presentation on the Mainstage.
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JULY – AUGUST | AGES 6 – 18
Two-week sessions of excitement, creativity and non-stop fun. Have a blast, make great
friends and create a play. Registration opens in January.
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MARCH 10 – 14, 2014 | GRADES JK – 6
Make this a Spring Break to beat any trip south! Just like our Summer Session, and
just as much fun!
The Ensemble Programs
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Write, act, create! An exciting collective piece for committed students who want to
take their skills a level further.
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By Christopher Duthie
Produced by Vertigo Theatre
Directed by Nathan Pronyshyn
ON the MAINSTAGE | FEB. 11-20, 2014
RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 9 & UP
A boy and his parents face off
about his online gaming.
“noob”: an inexperienced and/or unskilled player of video games.
Christopher Duthie; Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
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